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ArchiveApartheid under siege, 1984-1988: actions and reactions
… Thesis submitted to fulfil the requirements for the Degree Philosophiae Doctor in the Faculty of Humanitie (Department of History) at the …
EventSA athlete Ernst van Dyk is hard done by at Paralympic games
… Ernst van Dyk, was cut off from a certain gold medal by the Mexican Saul Mendoza during the 1 500m race at the Athens Paralympics games held at the Olympic…
EventUN and OAU take a stand against Apartheid policy
… Conference on Sanctions against South Africa was hosted by the United Nations (UN) and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) at UNESCO House in Paris,…
EventA British Sports Council team begins a three-week fact-finding tour of South Africa to probe racial discrimination in sport
… In May 1962 Dennis Brutus , Secretary of the South African Sports Association, wrote to Otto Mayer, the then Chancellor of the International Olympic…
Matthews being used to turn SABC into a laughing stock: ANC (TMG Digital), 28 June 2016
… The ruling party’s Zizi Kodwa attacked Matthews for playing the “victim game” and described as “opportunistic” the public announcement of his resignation as…
PlaceKhomani Cultural Landscape
… The area in the Southern Kalahari , bordered in the East by Botswana and the West by Namibia , is where you will find a small group of … The area in the…
PlaceDiamond Hill Battle, Garden of Remembrance
… The site of the Battle of Diamond Hill, which took place on the 11th and 12th June 1900, in which 14000 British soldiers … troops laid to rest in remote…
EventElectricity cut off in Tumahole township
… in Tumahole Township, Free State was cut off after the Transvaal provincial authority decided that it would no … with financial support to service arrears…
EventAnna Neethling Pohl, South African actress and author, is born
… Anna Neethling Pohl the South African actress and author was born in Graaf Reinet in the Eastern Cape on 24 December 1906. At the age of five she joined…
EventCPSA is founded
… The founding conference of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) took place in Cape Town from 30 July to 1 August 1921, however, the party was founded…
Reports Concerning Slaves from India in South Africa
… part of his confinement in April-May 1706 in a dungeon in the Castle in Cape Town, which he shared with Ari van … This burgher took a liking to his brown…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Glossary
… From the book: Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education 916 AD is the same as AH 304 in the Islamic…
ArchiveThoughts on Winnie Mandela by Enuga Reddy
… and became close friends. Winnie wrote an introduction to the book "Fatima Meer: Memories of Struggle," edited by … 2017. Every time I land at Durban Airport…
EventDurban Declaration is published denouncing Thabo Mbeki’s AIDS denialism
… The Durban Declaration was a statement signed by over 5 000 people in the scientific community stating that HIV caused AIDS. The declaration was signed and…
PlaceMbombela Orion Hotel, 'Promenade', Nelspruit
… it is hard to imagine that what is today known as the Orion Hotel Promenade, used to be the town hall of Nelspruit. The town started out as a prime grazing…
EventLibya becomes independent
… and hereditary monarchy under King Idris I. It was the first country to achieve autonomy through the United Nations (UN) and one of the first former…
EventNamibians vote for a Constituent Assembly
… back to this day in history search archive Voters went to the polls (7-11 November) to vote for a Constituent Assembly in the first all-race and fully…
EventF.W. De Klerk is inaugurated
… After the September general election, F.W. De Klerk was inaugurated as the new State President at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. De Klerk had been Acting ……
EventSAA Helderberg 747 crashes
… The South African Airways Helderberg 747 jet aircraft crashed into the Indian Ocean near Mauritius, killing all 159 people on board. A fire, which started…
EventWomen’s Memorial is unveiled in Bloemfontein
… The Women's Memorial was unveiled in Bloemfontein, on the same day as the celebration of Dingaan's Day upon which the Voortrekker …
EventPotgieter barters land from Chief Makwana
… Commandant Andries Hendrik Potgieter, one of the leaders of the Voortrekkers, obtained the territory between the Vet and Vaal Rivers from the …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Bibliography
… From the book: Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education Bank, A., C. Malherbe and P. van der Spuy. People of the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on South African Raid on Matola, 05 February 1981
… [On the morning of January 30, 1981, South African troops … and killed a number of ANC refugees in Matola, Mozambique. The following is from an address by Mr…
Apartheid’s Twisted Dream: David Goldblatt’s South Africa by Joseph Lelyveld, 2 July 2010
… As a matter of crude shorthand, the South African photographer David Goldblatt might be … when he was starting out more than a half century ago, the…
PlaceAlberton, Germiston
… and 11 km South of Johannesburg. It was laid out on the Farm, Elandsfontein in 1904. Named after General Hendrick … Abraham Alberts, chairman of a syndicate…
PlaceMowbray
… The village of Mowbray was established in about 1853 on the farm Welgelegen, in an area more commonly known as Drie … Dutch origin, and was given to a road…
PlaceOld Locomotive “Emil Kessler”, Johannesburg
… Monument under old NMC legislation on 6 April 1936. (Note the National Monuments plaque on the side of the loco.) The engine weighs 12,7 tonnes and was…
Stay-away!
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and … In 1950 there was a big protest against this law called the Suppression of Communism, which…
PlaceWrensch House, 77 Lower Wrench Road, Observatory
… The main building, as well as some of its outbuildings, date from the last quarter of the 18th century, but subsequent additions have given it an …
EventJohn Fairbairn (70), journalist and outspoken critic, dies in Cape Town
… Regarded as the father of free press in South Africa, John Fairbairn left England and arrived in the Cape in1823. Soon after his arrival he founded a school …